William Darling

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Carte de visite portrait of William Darling, MD (1802-1884). Dr. Darling received his MD from University Medical College in 1842. He taught at University Medical College as a Demonstrator of Anatomy (1845-1853), a University Lecturer in Anatomy (1851-1852), and a Professor of Anatomy (1866-1884). He also taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as a Professor of Anatomy from 1872 to 1884.

Jerome S. Coles

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Photograph of Jerome S. Coles (1913-1987), MD, delivering remarks at a podium during the 1982 Faculty Campaign Reception. Dr. Coles received his MD from New York University Medical College in 1936. He was elected chairman of the board of the NYU Medical Center in 1976, the first physician to hold the role.

Nathan Smith Davis

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Portrait of Nathan Smith Davis, MD (1817-1904), known as the “Father of the American Medical Association.”

Biography on the back of the image reads:

While serving as a representative of the Broome County Medical Society in the New York State Society, Dr. Davis offered resolutions calling for a lengthening and grading of the medical course of instruction. It was the discussion of these resolutions which led to the calling of a National Medical Convention in 1846 at NYU Medical Department. This was the organizational meeting of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Davis graduated from the College of Physicians of Western New York at Fairfield before he was 21 years of age. Dr. Davis served on the faculties of several medical schools and also helped to organize the Illinois Medical Society and the Chicago Medical Society.

Well-known as a writer and orator, Dr. Davis also edited several professional journals and in 1883 became the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Temperance was one of his favorite topics and he lectured frequently on subjects connected with hygiene and popular science.

Medical students said that they acquired knowledge from all of their professors but their inspiration came from him.

Charles Clayton Dennie

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Signed portrait of Charles Clayton Dennie, MD (1883-1971), in military uniform. Inscribed “To my very good friend Dr. Howard Fox, Charles C. Dennie.”

An American dermatologist, Dennie was studying dermatology and syphilology at The Hospital St. Louis in Paris in 1914 when World War I broke out. He would later serve in the United States Army Medical Corps. Dr. Dennie became head of the Department of Dermatology at Kansas University School of Medicine, where he spent his career.

William Darling

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Carte de visite portrait of William Darling, MD (1802-1884). Dr. Darling received his MD from University Medical College in 1842. He taught at University Medical College as a Demonstrator of Anatomy (1845-1853), a University Lecturer in Anatomy (1851-1852), and a Professor of Anatomy (1866-1884). He also taught at Bellevue Hospital Medical College as a Professor of Anatomy from 1872 to 1884.

Warren Coleman

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Portrait of Warren Coleman, MD (1869-1948). Dr. Coleman received his MD from University Medical College in 1892. He began his career at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, working as Assistant in the Physiological Laboratory (1890-1891), an Instructor in the Pathological Laboratory (1894-1895), an Instructor in Bacteriology (1894-1895), and an Instructor in Gross Pathology, Materia Medica, and Therapeutics (1895-1898). From 1918 to 1932, Dr. Coleman held the role of Assistant Professor of Medicine before his promotion to Professor of Clinical Medicine from 1932 to 1933. He held the role of Professor Emeritus of Clinical Medicine from 1933 to 1948. According to Dr. Clarence de la Chapelle, Dr. Coleman's special field of interest was the role of diet in the treatment of typhoid fever.

William Thomas Corlett

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Signed portrait of William Thomas Corlett, MD (1854-1948). Dr. Corlett was an American dermatologist from Ohio, known for his research on the effect of climate on skin diseases. He traveled and worked in Europe in the late 1800s, bringing back to Ohio innovative technologies such as the x-ray machine. From 1887 to 1924, Corlett taught as a professor of dermatology and syphilology at Western Reverse University Medical School.

Frank Wang Co Tui

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Portrait of Frank Wang Co Tui, MD. Dr. Co Tui taught at University and Bellevue Hospital as an Instructor in Pharmacology (1928-1931), Assistant Professor of Pharmacology (1931-1932), Clinical Professor of Surgery (1932-1934), and Associate Professor of Experimental Surgery (1934-1949).

Clarence E. de la Chapelle

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Portrait of Clarence E. de la Chapelle, MD (1898-1987). Dr. De la Chapelle received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1922. He joined the faculty of the medical school in 1925, where he remained for the duration of his career as a leading cardiologist. Dr. De la Chapelle held various leadership roles at the medical school, including serving as Assistant Dean and Associate Dean from 1943-1948, and as Associate Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School from 1948-1963. On February 18, 1971, the Bellevue Hospital Medical library was named for, and dedicated, to Dr. Clarence E. de la Chapelle. In 1983, he endowed the NYU Medical Library Archives in memory of his late wife of 51 years, the former Lillian Buckmann.